Edificio otaku📍 Ikebukuro (Otome Road)

Mandarake Ikebukuro (LaLaLa) Hours: Open Daily 12:00–20:00

Mandarake LaLaLa Ikebukuro is open daily, 12:00–20:00, with no closed days (as of July 2026). It's the Otome Road branch for secondhand BL/shoujo manga, tax-free and shippable overseas.

Mandarake's Ikebukuro branch on Otome Road, specializing in secondhand BL/shoujo manga, female doujinshi and male-idol goods; open daily 12:00–20:00, tax-free for eligible visitors.

Otome Road in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, the street lined with anime, manga and otome-goods shops where Mandarake LaLaLa is located
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Cómo llegar
Ikebukuro Station (East Exit), approx. 8-min walk
Libre de impuestos
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Envío internacional
Envía al extranjero

Horario

Monday
12:00–20:00
Tuesday
12:00–20:00
Wednesday
12:00–20:00
Thursday
12:00–20:00
Friday
12:00–20:00
Saturday
12:00–20:00
Sunday
12:00–20:00

Destaca por

  • secondhand BL & shoujo manga
  • female doujinshi
  • male-idol goods
  • trading cards
  • cosplay items & dolls

What it is

Mandarake LaLaLa is the Ikebukuro branch of Japan's largest secondhand anime/manga chain, sitting on Otome Road — the strip near Sunshine City built around female-fan (fujoshi) shopping. Rather than the general mix found at Mandarake's Akihabara or Nakano flagships, LaLaLa leans into the neighborhood's specialty: BL and shoujo manga, female-created doujinshi, male-idol goods, trading cards and games, plus discs, cosplay items, toys and dolls, all secondhand.

It's open 12:00–20:00 every day of the year (buyback appraisals accepted until 19:30), about an 8-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station's East Exit. Like every Mandarake store, LaLaLa is registered for tax-free shopping — bring your passport for purchases of ¥5,000+ before tax — and Mandarake runs an English-language online order site for items you don't want to carry home. Pair it with the neighboring K-BOOKS Otome-kan and animate Ikebukuro for a full sweep of Otome Road in one afternoon; see the Ikebukuro Otome Road guide for the full area.

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What are Mandarake LaLaLa Ikebukuro's opening hours?
It's open daily, 12:00–20:00, with no closed days (as of July 2026; buyback appraisals accepted until 19:30). It's on Otome Road, basement floor, about an 8-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station's East Exit.
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